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Coventry Corporation Transport Society

Service 2: Cheylesmore to Radford


Frequency to and from Broadgate

Monday to Thursday: nine services per hour
Friday: nine services per hour
Peak Period: eleven services per hour
Evenings: every 10 minutes
Saturday: eleven services per hour
Sunday: every 10 minutes (reduced service before noon)

Service 2: Cheylesmore to Radford

1962 Route

Broadgate to Cheylesmore

From Broadgate via High Street, Earl Street, Much Park Street, the Ring Road, Quinton Road, Daventry Road, Quinton Park and Black Prince Avenue to the terminus at William Bristow Road. Known terminus details from the recollection of a former CCT employee:

  • "All passengers alight here" just beyond William Bristow Road;
  • Bus reversed into William Bristow Road, then turned right into Black Prince Avenue for layover and pick-up in Black Prince Avenue.

The service returned to High Street from Quinton road via Little Park Street.

Broadgate to Radford

From Broadgate via Ironmonger Row, The Burges, Bishop Street, Radford Road, Light Lane, St Nicholas Street, Sandy Lane, Lydgate Road, Middlemarch Road, Cheveral Avenue, Jubilee Crescent and Catesby Road to the terminus at Burnaby Road. Known terminus details from the recollection of a former CCT employee:

  • "All passengers alight here" outside The Pilot public house;
  • Bus reversed into Rollason Road and turned right into Catesby Road for layover and pick-up in Catesby Road.

The service returned to Broadgate from Bishop Street via Hales Street and Trinity Street.

Post-1962 extension

In 1966 the Cheylesmore service was extended via Chatsworth Drive to a new terminus in Exminster Road.

Fare Stages from Cheylesmore to Radford

Pre-1961

Blondvil Street, Evening Telegraph Works, Broadgate, Widdrington Road and Villa Road.

1962

Brightwalton Road, Joan Ward Street, Martyrs Memorial, Broadgate, King Street, Widdrington Road, Bede Road and Jubilee Crescent.

History of the Route

April 1937

Temporary shuttle service between Pool Meadow and Cheylesmore established as part of Service 17, diverting from the main route at Daventry Road, presumably terminating at Quinton Parade.

November 1937

Service 10 extended eastwards to Cheylesmore, running via High Street, Little Park Street and Quinton Road, presumably terminating at Quinton parade. This replaced the temporary Service 17 to Cheylesmore.

November 1939

Service 2 introduced as a new service between Radford (turning at Burnaby Road) and Cheylesmore via Catesby Road, Jubilee Crescent, Cheveral Avenue, Middlemarch Road, Lydgate Road, Sandy Lane, St Nicholas Street, Light Lane, Radford Road, Bishop Street, The Burges/Cross Cheaping, Broadgate, High Street, Little Park Street and Quinton Road, terminating at Quinton parade. The new service replaced the eastern leg of Service 10, which diverted to Baginton.

October 1951

Cheylesmore service extended along Quinton Park and Black Prince Avenue to new terminus at William Bristow Road.

June 1962

Southbound services diverted from The Burges via Hales Street and Trinity Street and from Little Park Street via Earl Street, Much Park Street and the new Ring Road by new one-way systems.

History of the Service Number

Pre-1926

Introduced in 1919 and extended to 1926 route in early1920.

1926

Already in existence from Engleton Road (returning to the City via Wyley Road) to Coventry Station via Radford Road, Bishop Street, The Burges/Cross Cheaping, Broadgate, Hertford Street, Warwick Road and Eaton Road.

February 1929

Extended past Coventry Railway Station via Warwick Road (instead of Eaton Road), Kenilworth Road and Coat of Arms Bridge Road to Green Lane, replacing the southern arm of Service 7.

October 1929

Extended along Wainbody Avenue to the Kenpas Highway, left along Kenpas Highway and then down Green Lane to Coat of Arms Bridge Road and back to the Kenilworth Road to return to the City.

Early 1933

Extended Along Radford Road beyond Engleton Road to Sadler Road, terminating at the Whitmore Hotel.

December 1938

Service withdrawn and replaced by the new extension to Service 16.

November 1939

New service introduced between Radford (turning at Burnaby Road) and Cheylesmore via Catesby Road, Jubilee Crescent, Cheveral Avenue, Middlemarch Road, Lydgate Road, Sandy Lane, St Nicholas Street, Light Lane, Radford Road, Bishop Street, The Burges/Cross Cheaping, Broadgate, High Street, Little Park Street and Quinton Road, terminating at Quinton parade, replacing the eastern arm of Service 10.